Herman Schedler
20-Inch Terrestrial Floor Globe
Jersey City, New Jersey: c. 1870s
54 inches high; 29 inches diameter overall
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Herman Schedler 20-Inch Floor Globe
19th Century
19th Century
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The terrestrial globe having brass polar hour rings, within calibrated full brass meridian, the horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, raised on an oak tripod stand comprised of three shaped quadrants supporting the horizon band, above three shaped supports with two central turned spindles, on shaped angled legs, the flat members of the stand various decorated with incised Eastlake Aesthetic Movement decoration of natural, geometric, sinuous, pinwheel forms.
The globe with detailed cartography, geographic entities uniform cream color, and oceans blue, now faded to green. Oklahoma shown as "Indian Territory." "Dakota" one entity. According to the cartouche of the globe, it shows the latest advances in communication and transportation: "lines of oceanic steam communication and overland ro[utes], great aerial and submarine telegraphs, [and] principal tracks of sailing vessels." The globe also shows the latest geophysical data pertaining to "ocean currents, deep sea soundings, and lines of equal magnetic variation."
Joseph Schedler (fl.1860s-1880s) and his successor, Herman Schedler (fl. 1880s -1890s), were German immigrants, based in New York and Jersey City, New Jersey, who manufactured a wide variety table, floor, and novelty globes, generally for school use, but some designed specifically for the home "parlor." The Schedler firm was founded by Joseph Schedler, who was working in New York as a lithographer in the 1850s. In 1889, Schedler globes were issued by Herman Schedler, presumably a family member, though the exact relationship with Joseph is unknown.
This is the largest globe produced by Schedler, and among the largest American globes ever produced, other than a 30-inch globe made by the Franklin globe makers. Most other 30-inch globes with American maker labels were imported from England, manufactured by W. & A.K. Johnston.
Cartouche: SCHEDLER'S/TERRESTRIAL/GLOBE/20 Inches Diameter, Scale 1: 25,000,000/Compiled from the/LATEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC/SOURCES, INCLUDING THE RECENT/GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES,/CONTAINING THE LINES OF/OCEANIC STEAM COMMUNICATION/AND OVERLAND RO[OUTES]/The Geographical and Submarine/TELEGRAPHS,/SHOWING THE/Directions & Mean Vel./OCEAN CURRE[NTS]/and the principal tracks of/SAILING VESSELS,/Important DEEP SEA Soundings,and the lines of equal magnetic Variations/H. SCHEDLER 137 GRIFFITH ST. JERSEY CITY.
The globe with detailed cartography, geographic entities uniform cream color, and oceans blue, now faded to green. Oklahoma shown as "Indian Territory." "Dakota" one entity. According to the cartouche of the globe, it shows the latest advances in communication and transportation: "lines of oceanic steam communication and overland ro[utes], great aerial and submarine telegraphs, [and] principal tracks of sailing vessels." The globe also shows the latest geophysical data pertaining to "ocean currents, deep sea soundings, and lines of equal magnetic variation."
Joseph Schedler (fl.1860s-1880s) and his successor, Herman Schedler (fl. 1880s -1890s), were German immigrants, based in New York and Jersey City, New Jersey, who manufactured a wide variety table, floor, and novelty globes, generally for school use, but some designed specifically for the home "parlor." The Schedler firm was founded by Joseph Schedler, who was working in New York as a lithographer in the 1850s. In 1889, Schedler globes were issued by Herman Schedler, presumably a family member, though the exact relationship with Joseph is unknown.
This is the largest globe produced by Schedler, and among the largest American globes ever produced, other than a 30-inch globe made by the Franklin globe makers. Most other 30-inch globes with American maker labels were imported from England, manufactured by W. & A.K. Johnston.
Cartouche: SCHEDLER'S/TERRESTRIAL/GLOBE/20 Inches Diameter, Scale 1: 25,000,000/Compiled from the/LATEST AND MOST AUTHENTIC/SOURCES, INCLUDING THE RECENT/GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES,/CONTAINING THE LINES OF/OCEANIC STEAM COMMUNICATION/AND OVERLAND RO[OUTES]/The Geographical and Submarine/TELEGRAPHS,/SHOWING THE/Directions & Mean Vel./OCEAN CURRE[NTS]/and the principal tracks of/SAILING VESSELS,/Important DEEP SEA Soundings,and the lines of equal magnetic Variations/H. SCHEDLER 137 GRIFFITH ST. JERSEY CITY.